Moraxella catarrhalis synthesizes an autotransporter that is an acid phosphatase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1459-1472

  Hoopman, Todd C ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Brautigam, Chad A ^a   Sedillo, Jennifer L ^a   Reilly, Thomas J ^b   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AUTOTRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 38949123748     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01688-07     Document Type: Article

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